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What do Mahler, Matisse, Artie Shaw, Doris Day, and Cannonball Adderley Have in Common?
Coming from Pittsburgh on April 2: Lehman’s latest “writing spree” pays tribute to acclaimed poet Ammons PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Written on the daily installment plan between November 21, 2017, and January 15, 2018, David Lehman’s new…
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When You Discover A Bruegel Is Not A Bruegel [by Lloyd Schwartz]
(Ed note: Lloyd Schwartz made an interesting discovery. Read about here and over at ARTery. sdl)The Netherlandish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) is one of the most admired painters in the history of…
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Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson: Encounters of the Intriguing Type [by Tracy Danison]
Photo©Martin Argyroglo From “Forme Simple”, around the Goldberg variations by performer, choreographer and professor Loïc Touzé at the Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson I’ve always liked the expression haut comme trois pommes. It means “rather (darlingly)…
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Sonnet to Rubens [by Mitch Sisskind]
She longs for the loud mouth action man While I am of the diffident dreamy tribe.However, if life of the party is her desire, Then let’s get the show on the road will beMy…
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Next Line, Please: Four-Word Lines [by Virginia Valenzuela]
It's the very first prompt of the new year, and in it, we turn to May Swenson and her poem “Four-Word Lines” for inspiration. Here is the original: Your eyes are justlike bees, and…
